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  • Davey Smith

    August 27, 2008 at 12:12 am

    Thing is its being shot on hd so i need to know how to in a way ruin the footage a bit to give it that effect as i dont want the clarity of hd

  • Darby Edelen

    August 27, 2008 at 4:01 am

    You’re going to need to blur the footage, add a vignette and maybe use Distort > Optics Compensation to get close to the look you want. It wouldn’t hurt to add some extra noise to the footage as well.

    Darby Edelen

    NVIDIA
    Santa Clara, CA

  • Joe Gandy

    November 18, 2008 at 9:58 pm

    Davey,

    I am looking for the exact same effect and for the same purpose.

    I am looking for the look of these types of hidden camera effects:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbSk4pnOAKs&feature=related

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r44CjMyuIxc

    Have you found a solution?

    If so, could you email me back at joe3436@hotmail.com

    Thanks,
    Joe

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